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Dems fight to attach student loan reform to budget (Salon.com)
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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:54:09 GMT
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But will the president's proposed overhaul make it past the GOP (and six holdouts from his own party)?
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Arne Duncan: Nation should invest in students, not bank profits (Indian River Press Journal)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT
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For decades, bankers have gotten a free ride from American taxpayers.The U.S. Department of Education currently subsidizes $9 billion worth of student loans every year. Banks service these loans, collect the debt, keep the interest and turn a profit. When borrowers default on their loans, taxpayers foot the bill. But banks still reap billions in profits and pay their executives millions of ...
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Obama Budget Raises Taxes and Doubles the National Debt (Heritage Foundation)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:17:44 GMT
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Abstract: President Obama declared: "I didn't come here to pass our problems on to the next president or the next generation--I'm here to solve them."
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Obama decries Washington in health care push in St. Charles (KSDK St. Louis)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:34:50 GMT
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Obama decries Washington in health care push in St. Charles
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Wednesday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Stories - - March 10, 2010 (MalaysiaNews.net)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:11 GMT
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See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv...
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Reader Mailbag: The Nascent Musician (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:51:22 GMT
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My two year old daughter is showing a tremendous nascent interest in making music. She sings constantly . She uses her hands as percussion all the time on her knees, on the table, and anywhere else she can use them. She climbs up to our keyboard and attempts to play songs.
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Scotiabank reports strong revenue growth and first quarter... (MalaysiaNews.net)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:56:32 GMT
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Targets: 1. Earn a return on equity (ROE)(1) of 16 to 20%. For the three months, Scotiabank earned an ROE of 17.4%. 2. Generate growth in earnings per common share (diluted) of 7 to 12%. Our year-...
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Scotiabank reports strong revenue growth and first quarter earnings of $988 million (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:15:00 GMT
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First quarter financial measures compared to the same period a year ago: - Earnings per share (diluted) of $0.91, compared to $0.80 - Net income of $988 million, versus $842 million - Return on equity of 17.4%, compared to 16.2% - Productivity ratio of 50.5%, versus 58.7% Year-to-date performance versus our 2010 financial and operational objectives was as follows: Targets: 1. Earn a return on ...
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Should Iceland repay bank's debts? (BBC News)
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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:46:05 GMT
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Icelanders have voted against repaying debts from the failed bank. Is this right?
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Flaherty's pricey budget flight irks critics (CTV Toronto)
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:23:33 GMT
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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is facing the ire of opposition critics who say the minister isn't leading by example, after it was revealed that he used a private jet to sell his belt-tightening budget Friday.
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